Pandionidaeวงศ์เหยี่ยวออสเปรwoŋ yìaw oaa-sà-prĕe

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General

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In Thai popular and ornithological naming there is no distinction made between the Pandionidae, Accipitridae and the Falconidae. The collective general name for the osprey and all of the various kinds of hawks, eagles, kites, falcons, and other actively predatory diurnal raptors is เหยี่ยวyìaw'hawk'. It is an old regional name related to Chinese 鷂 (Mandarin yào, Cantonese jiu6'sparrowhawk'), Vietnamese diều'hawk', and names in other Tai languages (Zhuang yiuhyiu'sparrowhawk', Lao ຍ່ຽວ-nyīau-'[sparrow]-hawk', etc.).

The distinction between 'eagle' and 'vulture' in Chinese is a relatively recent one. The character 鹫 is traditionally used for both eagles and vultures.

The etymology of サシバsashiba' is unknown. In Chinese characters it is usually written 1) 差羽, where the verb 差すsasu has a very broad range of meanings, including 'to point', and 羽, here read ba, means 'wing' or 'feather', or 2) 鸇, an ancient Chinese raptor name.

Đại bàng is from Chinese 大鵬, Mandarin dà-péng, a large legendary bird sometimes translated into English as 'roc'. In modern China the name is sometimes used commercially (e.g. in company names) as an auspicious equivalent to 'eagle'.

The mythological bird who served as the mount for the god Indra, นกอินทรี nók in-sii 'Indra's bird', has come to be identified in Thai with the eagle. Thai names for many birds called 'eagle' in English are based on this now generalised name.

พญาpʰa-yaa 'king' becomes the head noun of the name. The construction can be interpreted as a term of address as in 'King Vulture' or as here, 'king of vultures; vulture king'.